New Build. advice/input welcome

Carib

Carib

Carib

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Hey guys. I haven't built a pc in a while and thought id just see if anyone had any thoughts or suggestions on my choices. I'm sure everything matches/works together, but please let me know if I missed anything.
Thanks in advance.

Case (narrowed it down to these, but still not 100%)
Corsair Obsidian 650D http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-036-CS&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=1489
Fractal Design Arc Midi Tower http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-014-FD&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=
Cooler Master CM-690 II Advanced Dominator http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-196-CM&tool=3

PSU
OCZ ZX Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-052-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1098

Motherboard
Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-458-AS

CPU
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-360-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1275

GFX
MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-129-MS

RAM
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-094-KS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

HDD
Storage
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-082-SA&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1279
System
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-009-CR&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1427

Updated/Changed
PSU: OCZ ZX Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular
Motherboard: non pro version.
HDD: Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB
RAM: Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB
 
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Thanks for the input guys.
I have changed to the Samsung HDD(lack of research ftl) and the non pro motherboard version. I changed to the a OCz PSU but the newer model, because im not a fan of the silver. But im still apprehensive about OCZ over corsair in reading user reviews over faults and RMA problems.

With the ram I'm not too bothered with price and am still liking the corsair since its a C8. But if I'm missing a trick with the Kingston other than the price please let me know.
 
Carib said:
With the ram I'm not too bothered with price and am still liking the corsair since its a C8. But if I'm missing a trick with the Kingston other than the price please let me know.
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CL8 RAM makes no real world difference for Sandybridge:

The Best Memory for Sandy Bridge

And the Corsair Vengeance won't be compatible with a lot of the bigger CPU coolers due to the tall heat spreaders.
 
Surveyor said:
CL8 RAM makes no real world difference for Sandybridge:

The Best Memory for Sandy Bridge

And the Corsair Vengeance won't be compatible with a lot of the bigger CPU coolers due to the tall heat spreaders.
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Thanks a lot for the link and info. I shall take your advice and order whatever is the best offer on 1600MHz RAM at the time. I will be sticking with the stock/retail cooler atm so height isn't a concern atm. but will be if i decide to overclock the cpu later down the road.
 
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